The American High School Theatre Festival
Telling the tragic story of the Himeyuri Student Corps - young nursing students who were forced to look after the Japanese soldiers during the Second World War - the Castle Performing Arts Centre presented a somewhat touching account of the horrors the young nurses were forced to bear. Keeping in mind the actors were high school students, they showed promise of a developing acting talent, but unfortunately most of these performances were wooden. I am still not sure whether this is through natural consequence or direction, as the cast took care not to clip their words together using 'It is' and 'You are' rather than 'It's' and 'You're' to create an oddly formal style.
Church Hill Theatre, 14 and 15 Aug, times vary, 5.00, fpp215.
tw rating 2/5
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